Sign-letter



(No Model.)

G. J. B. RODWELL.

SIGN LETTER.

Patented Jan. 23, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. B. RODWELL, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE RODWELLMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SIGN-LETTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,281, dated January23, 1894.

Application filed February 16, 1891- Serial No. 381,545. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. B. RODWELL, of Buffalo, in the county ofErie, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful of windowsto form a sign thereon.

The chief object of this invention is to pro Vide the letter or symbolwith more convenient and more efiective and reliable means for attachingthe same to the glass, and to that end the invention consistsessentially in the combination with the sign-letter or symbol of anattaching flange formed separately from said sign or symbol and attachedthereto as hereinafter more fully described and specifically set forthin the claims.

In the annexed drawings Figure 1 is a front view of a sign-letterembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line w, 00,Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section on line y, y.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

arepresents the sign letter which may be formed of any suitablematerial. I preferably stamp the same out of sheet metal ofsufficientstiffness to retain it in its proper shape, and in order toallow said letter to be secured to the inside of a window and cause itto present an attractive appearance I form it with a longitudinal recessor depression d in its front. Letters of such form and material areusually difiicult to attach to the glass owing chiefly to liability ofthe letter being warped or having itsattaching edges not in asufficiently uniform plane to come to a uniform bearing on the glass. Toobviate this difficulty I form the usual attaching flange c separatefrom the letter or symbol and secure it thereto either by cementing orsoldering it thereon. The body of the letter I form with its edgespresented at the front of the letter. In order to more securely attachsaid flange to the letter I form said flange by attaching to the back ofthe letter a sheet -b of flexible or pliable material preferably of softmetal such as sheet lead or tin and of a sufficient width to projectfrom the edges of the letter and form the flange -c. This flange beingthus composed of soft or pliable material allows it to readily conformto the surface of the class to which it is to be attached, and thus theoperation of attaching the letter is greatly facilitated, and theattachment is rendered perfectly secure. The cement e by which theletter is to be attached is applied to the front of the flange -c and bycoloring said cement the letter receives an ornamental border of thewidth of the said flange as shown.

I do not limit the application of my improvement to a metallic letter orsymbol inasmuch as the described means of attaching the letter or symboldoes not depend 011 the material of the letter and is equally as usefulfor attaching letters or symbols composed of porcelain, or other wellknown material. A

The essential feature of my invention consists in providing a letter orsymbol of stiff material with an attaching flange of pliable or flexiblematerial.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. Asign letter formed witha recessed front or obverse side and havingits edges toward the front, and an attaching flange of flexiblematerial, separately formed, extending outward from said edges along theback of said letter and secured thereto, the whole adapted to be securedto a transparent surface with its front or obverse side next to saidtransparent surface, substantially as specified.

2. A sign letter formed with a recessed front or obverse side and havingits edges toward the front, and a separately-formed attaching flange offlexible material secured to said edges, and integral with a sheet offlexible material secured to and covering the back of the letter,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this lth dayofFebruary, 1891.

GEORGE J. B. RODWELL. [II- 3.]

Witnesses:

Enw. B. WYMAN, WM. E. CARR.

